Europe Hotels

The current 50% off sale to Oct 5 for Hilton Honors points had me examining category 1 hotels in Europe. The price of a category 1 reward night at 5,000 points means $25 hotel nights. That drops to only $20 per night for Honors elite members paying $100 for 20,000 points for a 5th night…

Marriott brand hotels in Europe have an offer for free breakfast for two on prepaid rates with a Visa card. This offer looks like the real deal with rates comparable to lowest advance purchase rates. Book reservations using 6ME promotional code by September 3, 2017 for stays through November 5, 2017. Marriott Berlin Friday July…

Club Carlson Gold elite members can score some big hotel rate discounts at hotels around Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA region. The deal is you have to arrive on Thursday or Friday night for the Club Carlson 2-for-1 rates and Wednesday or Thursday night arrival for the Club Carlson 4-for-2 rate. I planned 12…

Hilton Summer Sale offers 30% discount rates for hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa on prepaid and nonrefundable rates. Book by August 23 for stays by September 27, 2015. Over 300 hotels participate in this sale. Hilton Prague Old Town, Czech Republic $198 best flexible rate (cancel day before arrival with no penalty) $139…

An article in Bloomberg news states Marriott plans to double its number of rooms in Europe by 2020. Moxy for budget travelers and Courtyard for business travelers are the plans for gaining on Marriott’s 1% market share of hotel guests for Europe. Marriott expects to grow from 74,000 rooms in 2015 to over 150,000 rooms…

This article examines Club Carlson 2-for-1 and 4-for-2 rates for Gold elites in Amsterdam, Dubai and Hamburg. Club Carlson Visa members receive Gold elite as a benefit. Besides the Visa card member benefit of one free night on reward stays of 2 or more nights at Carlson Rezidor hotels worldwide, Gold elite members can access…

The competitive advantage of Best Western International compared to other major hotel chains is the proportion of hotels outside the USA. Best Western is truly an international hotel chain. There are more than 4,000 Best Western hotels and only 2,163 hotels are in North America. This makes Best Western Rewards an international hotel loyalty program…

Club Carlson overlaps their promotion from last spring ending June 29 for 20,000 bonus points for a two-night weekend stay at participating hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa to run this same offer a second time through the summer months. Complete a two-night weekend stay from Thursday to Sunday between June 3 – September…

European hotel winners in the 20th Annual 2013 World Travel Awards reveal there are many award winning hotels in the major loyalty programs and even more hotels not affiliated with any major chains. The World Travel Awards are voted on by travel agents worldwide. My focus is the hotel points world and many of the…

Western Europe as a region has hotel rates only exceeded by Australia/Oceania and the Caribbean. Fortunately, there are all kinds of special rates for various places in Europe like IHG 2-for-1 rates and hotel points for reward nights can offer some of the best value worldwide. STR Global July 2013 hotel industry data is used…